Carmelo Anthony had 19 points and 10 rebounds, Iman Shumpert scored a season-high 17 points, and the Knicks ended a nine-game losing streak with 113-83 romp Thursday night in the first meeting of the season between the city rivals.

"I think everybody looked like they had that feeling that we were tired of losing," Anthony said. "It showed from the tipoff."

The Knicks (4-13) snapped a tie with the Nets (5-14) for most losses in New York, winning the game and the crowd with a dominant second half that had Spike Lee and the rest of the fans wearing blue and orange cheering perhaps the Knicks' most complete performance of the season.

"We're struggling but we're going to come out of this, man, that's the only way to think," Garnett said. "I'm not going to think anything else."

The game was nationally televised, as all four matchups are this season, but neither team had been giving fans much reason to watch. Nets coach Jason Kidd said Tuesday that both teams "stink," and Anthony not only agreed but added that the Knicks were the "laughingstock" of the league.

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Nobody was laughing at the Knicks on this night.

New York made a season-high 16 3-pointers in 27 attempts (59 percent), rediscovering a stroke that has been missing all season after it set an NBA record for makes in 2012-13, and led by as many as 34 points.

Shumpert, who has been the subject of trade rumors and has struggled, hit five 3s and added six rebounds.

The Nets hung in while the Knicks made 16 of their first 21 shots overall and trailed by only seven at halftime.

"You've got to give the Knicks credit. They came (for) the season shooting around 32 percent. Tonight they looked like the team of last year where they made a lot of 3s," said Kidd, who played for the Knicks last season. "When they started the game off it didn't seem as if they were going to miss. But we stayed the course."

Until the third quarter, that is, when their season-long woes in that period returned and the Knicks outscored them 34-16.

When the public address announcer urged fans to stand and cheer before the fourth, they responded by booing, clearly sick of watching Brooklyn get hammered over the previous 12 minutes yet again.

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Tensions rose a couple of times, chiefly in the fourth quarter when Bargnani and Garnett became tangled as Bargnani fell to the court while trying to box out. Both players, along with Amar'e Stoudemire, were called for technical fouls, and Bargnani was hit with a second and thrown out shortly after when he appeared to say something toward Garnett after making a jumper.

Garnett wouldn't discuss the incident, saying "I don't understand Italian" -- though Bargnani insisted whatever he said was in English. He also downplayed the exchange.

"The most important thing is that we won the game, we played a great game and we've really got to start to build on this," Bargnani said.

There were also double technicals and words exchanged after Andray Blatche set a hard pick on Shumpert in the first half, but that was about all the fight the Nets showed on the way to their sixth straight home loss.

Both teams were booed during the introduction of starting lineups by split fan bases who are united in their early-season disgust. The Nets believed they were a championship contender after acquiring Garnett and Pierce from Boston, the centerpieces of a roster that will cost more than $180 million in salary and luxury taxes. The Knicks are second to the Nets in payroll but had never gotten going after losing Tyson Chandler to a broken leg in their fourth game of the season.

But they were the better team right from the tip. The Knicks made 12 of their first 14 shots and were ahead 30-15 after Anthony's 3-pointer with 2:36 remaining in the opening quarter.

Game notes

There was a moment of silence before the game for Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, who died Thursday at 95. Commissioner David Stern called Mandela "one of the most powerful and inspirational leaders in the world and a great friend of the NBA." ... The Knicks will try to end their seven-game home skid Friday against Orlando.

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MVP: Carmelo Anthony. Melo's measured, masterful outing (19 points, 10 boards, six assists) set the tone for a balanced Knick attack that saw six players score in double figures. If they can get that consistently, that four seed is well within reach.

X-Factor: The Knicks looked like spitting images of last seasons squad on the perimeter, as the 'Bockers connected on 16 of 27 from deep. The ball was moving, the looks were clean and a long-lost chemistry looked at least temporarily resurrected.

That was ... hideous Brooklyn is bound to be the subject of much hand-wringing in the days to come. Still, they clearly can't afford to bide time for injuries to heal. Could a major shakeup be on the horizon?

Largest Win by Knicks vs Nets - All-Time

Score

1987-88

32

125-93

1992-93

31

105-74

2013-14

30

113-83

1979-80

29

131-102

2008-09

29

102-73

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The Knicks and Nets enter Thursday night's game with a combined record of 8-26 this season, and not surprisingly, the two teams have statistically been among the worst in the NBA.
They rank in the bottom three in the league in defensive efficiency (opponents points per 100 possessions) and both teams have had issues with the 3-point line; the Knicks are shooting 32.2 percent from the 3-point line (28th in NBA) and the Nets are allowing the highest 3-point shooting percentage in the league (40.3 percent).

Early Season Struggles - NBA Ranks This Season

Knicks

Nets

Off effic

23rd

22nd

FG pct

27th

22nd

Def effic

28th

Last

Transition PPG

29th

24th

*Efficiency: Points per 100 possessions

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According to Elias, the Nets have never lost consecutive home games by at least 20 points in their NBA franchise history (since 1976-77)...currently down 28 with 8:48 left in the 4th quarter.
They lost their last home game to the Nuggets by 24.

The Knicks are shooting 12-of-19 (63.2%) from 3 in the first 3 quarters. They haven't shot above 50.0% from 3 this season.
The Nets entered the game allowing the highest 3-pt FG percentage in the NBA (40.3%).

Brook Lopez had 7 offensive rebounds in the 1st quarter, already eclipsing his rebounding average this season (5.8 RPG). His career-high for offensive rebounds in a game is 10 against the Blazers on Nov. 25, 2009.